The Lost Cause

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Completely delightful...Neither utopian nor dystopian, it portrays life in SoCal in a future woven from our successes (Green New Deal!), failures (climate chaos anyway), and unresolved conflicts (old MAGA dudes). I loved it. * Rebecca Solnit * An urgent call to action... It is rare to read realistic depictions of climate disaster that inspire hope rather than despair, but this lively work of cli-fi does * The Guardian * This chronicle of mutual aid is politically perceptive, scientifically sound, and extraordinarily hopeful even amidst the smoke. Forget the Silicon Valley bros - these are the California techsters we need rebuilding our world, one solar panel and prefab insulated wall at a time. * Bill McKibben * Offering a deeply political take on the future... As with the latter work of Kim Stanley Robinson, this is a novel that not only deftly asks how we can build a better world, but sketches out how we might do so * SFX Magazine * This book looks like our future and feels like our present - it's an unforgettable vision of what could be. Even a partly good future will require wicked political battles and steadfast solidarity among those fighting for a better world, and here I lived it along with Brooks, Ana Lucia, Phuong, and their comrades in the struggle. Along with the rush of adrenaline I felt a solid surge of hope. May it go like this. -- Kim Stanley Robinson Simultaneously hopeful and nihilistic... [A] horrifyingly plausible vision of the route to the future * SciFi Now * The always-excellent Doctorow's new novel is set a generation from now, when climate change is a fact of life...as ever, Doctorow takes an intriguing approach * New Scientist * There is a passion in Doctorow's writing that you cannot help but be swept away by... thought provoking * SF Book * [Doctorow is] an excellent communicator of what is possible and we need voices like his, if we going to avoid being sucked into an abyss ruled by corporate overlords * GeekDad * Invites readers to ponder the complexities of bridging the gap between generations and finding common ground in the face of a global crisis * The Review Geek * A thought-provoking and engaging read, enlivened by Doctorow's satirical wit... if you want hope and enthusiasm despite the problems currently besetting the world, then read this novel * ParSec *